Hot Oil Tank

ABSTRACT

Sole purpose of this invention process is to discretely and freely gravity feed highly viscous and solid matter medical marijuana concentrate substances from within a portable, closed and compact vaporizer system, offering protection of the very costly chambered concentrates as well as allow the user to abide by or use discretion with the use of their medicinal concentrate substance.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The medical marijuana industry has allowed for new manners of producingconcentrated marijuana substances yet the ability to process the thick,viscous concentrate oils in a vaporizer cartridge similar to E-Cig doesnot exist, processes only exists for vaporizing thinned oils or lowviscosity substances; this process has made an exception and will allowfor processing of these thick and sticky substances. Art included inpictures shares the process which has no flaws or limitations known toexist.

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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Vaporize Viscous Concentrate Marijuana Oils in adapted vaporizer module.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING VIEWS

FIG. 1A Perspective view showing unmodified traditional vaporizercartridge glass chamber concentrate containment unit

FIG. 1B View showing unmodified traditional vaporizer center screwconnector

FIG. 1C View showing unmodified traditional vaporizer atomizer section

FIG. 1D View showing unmodified traditional vaporizer base connector

FIG. 2A View showing how the material heating element will sit in FIG.1A

FIG. 2B View showing the modification to FIG. 1B

FIG. 2C Close-up view of reference 1G from FIG. 1C

FIG. 2D View showing modification to FIG. 1D

FIG. 3 Example of how the electrical flow could work

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE CHARACTERS

1—Original Design (could be any Vaporizer Cartridge)

1A—Traditional Mouthpiece

1B—Traditional Container

1C—Traditional Center Screw Connector

1D—Traditional Screw Receiver

1E—Traditional Rubber Gasket

1F—Traditional Atomizer Top

1G—Traditional Atomizer+Coil

1H—Traditional Atomizer insulator gasket.

1I—Traditional Atomizer Base

1J—External battery (as ‘Example’ of power source)

2—Shows Specific Embodiment Changes to Vaporizer Cartridge

2A—Stainless Steel heating intra filament coated in a non-conductive,non-corrosive material . . . To heat the viscous oil to liquid state andallow unimpeded flow.

2B—Filament Ends

2C—Hole added to allow the filament to meet its power source.

2D—Insulator Grommet. To allow safe pass-through for the wire andprevent leakage of material

2E—Wire Connector. Female (To 2F).

2F—Wire Connector. Male (To 2E).

2G—Linear Voltage Regulator (mcp1702-150 3-pin). To regulate voltage andkeep a low temperature on “2A”.

2H—Single-Pole, Double-Throw Switch. On-On preferred, though On-Off-Onis acceptable.

2I—Holes for wire from (2J) to atomizer coil and the battery.

2J—Coil wire connects to battery to make complete circuit (2H)

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Discretely vaporize ‘medical marijuana concentrate substances’, referredto as hemp/cannabis/CO2/Hash and etcetera marijuana oil, in a closed andair tight/liquid tight/leak-proof and sealed chamber in a MODIFIEDtraditional vaporizer cartridge with the concentrate substance in itspurest form, in the chemical state of being a high viscosity CO2 stylehemp oil/gel with a gluiness/tacky texture similar to the consistency ofHeinz Ketchup (or more viscous), with a VISCOSITY (centipoises) of50,000-70,000 (highly viscous), and in comparison—Water, for example,being a 1-5 (Low) VISCOSITY at Room Temperaturehttp://www.cstsales.com/viscosity.html . . . E-Cigarette Juice isaveraging 300 Viscosity http://kv5r.com/vape-liquid-viscosity/ . . .This process also will allow the option of a solid CO2 OR OTHERextraction concentrate method referred to as Hash/BHO/Shatter/etcetera,a solid, hard candy-like consistencyhttps://medium.com/meetharmony/cannabis-extractions-the-complete-guide-151edb382d65

FIG. 1A Illustrates a traditional vaporizer with . . . 1A mouth piece,fed by 1C center screw connector and vapor pass through to mouthpiece .. . 1B shows the glass chamber for contents of cartridge to be warmed inthe cartridge chamber and gravity fed through FIG. 1B, 1D the bottom ofthe cartridge

FIG. 1C, 1G shows the point of contact in the vaporizer that allows theproduct to meet the atomizer coil with other assembly components, 1Etraditional rubber gasket, 1F traditional atomizer top, 1H traditionalatomizer insulator gasket.

FIG. 1D, 1I is the lower most cartridge base which attaches to 1Jexternal battery unit shown and once all of the aforementioned areconnected, this then forms the traditional vaporizer cartridge.

FIG. 2A, 2A Stainless steel heating intra-filament coated innon-conductive, no-corrosive polymer that is modified to allow a switchto direct a reduced current to warm the concentrate substance via the‘intra-filament winding’ inside the cartridge container, which will thenmake contact and be in proximity to the concentrate allowing thesubstance to be warmed, 2 b is the filament ends.

FIG. 2B illustrates the previous FIG. 1A, FIG. 1B, FIG. 1C and FIG. 1D,1I now fully assembled with 2C holes shown in FIG. 1D, 1I allowingpassage through 2D grommet and 2E shows the filament end wires whichconnect by incorporating

FIG. 2C 1G atomizer coil wires wire ends

FIG. 2D, 2I atomizer coil wire holes, one to feed 2J wire end to thebattery 1J with the other 1G circuit wire connecting to 2H an SPDTtoggle switch and when 2H is changed, a lead to 2G powers 2F which willconnect back to FIG. 2A, 2B filament wire ends where the now reducedcurrent will warm the concentrate substance via FIG. 2A, 2A the‘intra-filament winding’ inside FIG. 1A, 1B the cartridge container,which will then make contact and be in proximity to the concentrateallowing the substance to be warmed, then the warmed and now lowviscosity substance is free to gravity feed past FIG. 1B, 1D inclusiveof a cotton, fiberglass or silica type barrier, gravitating and makingcontact with FIG. 1C, 1G the traditional metal coil atomizer heatingelement (powered from FIG. 1D, 1J a Separate [external] Battery Unit) .. . the special characteristic of this process is a Modified(Traditional) Vaporizer Cartridge that is switchable FIG. 2D, 2H to‘heating/warming’ the FIG. 1A, 1B sealed and closed cartridgeconcentrate contents, FIG. 2D, 2H a push button switch allows thecartridge to switch from the warming filament and to FIG. 1C, 1G thetraditional metal coil atomizer heating element which will vaporize acontrolled amount of the concentrate substance delivered to FIG. 1A, 1Athe cartridge mouthpiece once concentrate can be delivered to the coilatomizer, with power derived from FIG. 1D, 1J a Separate/ExternalBattery Unit. See diagrams of art attached

Different concentrates will heat and flow though at different heat rates(heating times), due to the nature of the state of matter of thesubstance being different from batch to batch or differing inconsistency from manufacturer to manufacturer. A user will learn whattime allotment is needed to warm the substance for a pleasurableexperience, a process currently unavailable unless one uses a glass bongapparatus with an electrically heated, red hot tip or torch heated tipfor smoking the concentrate substance off of the heated tip, referred toas the ‘nail’ . . . or, in my case, I heat my vape cartridge in thefront of a floor heater until the substance passes to the atomizer; notvery conducive in the summertime while indoors.

1. This method is threefold, a three step process: The embodiment ofthis process of discretely heating the very costly and highly viscousmedical marijuana concentrates for free-flow gravity fed vaporizing as areduced current warms an intra-filament wire, in the cartridge,encapsulated in a traditional handheld and closed vaporizer cartridgeatop an external battery unit which allows the user to switch from thevaporizer coil to a direct warming contact and radiant heating contactof the concentrate material in the cartridge allowing for change in thestate of matter from a solid to a liquid, allowing better control ofdosage for the user; otherwise not attainable with other products on themarket because this process allows for all of the chambered material tobe fully processed out of the chamber at adjustable temperatures,utilizing all of the matter encapsulated for use. Firstly a push buttonswitch toggles the voltage current by pressing the battery button tofind a lit LED on the switch button or a light in the circuitry willindicate the toggle connection to a linear reducer/voltage reducer,secondly that user holds the battery button to request a current that islinked to the intra-filament winding heating element located inside thecartridge filed with the high viscosity hemp oil/hemp concentrate in asolid state of matter, after a few second burst to visibly warm theconcentrate substance, the substance then will gravity feed to thetraditional vaporizer coil, as the concentrate is now in the form of alow viscosity liquid, the user will then push the toggle button again tochange current (and terminate the LED) to the traditional vaporizer coilatomizer element and receive the vapor at the mouthpiece. Then repeatwarming if necessary. Perhaps one warming session is all that would beneeded as the user may very well receive the two or three vapor draws asthey prefer and be done with their vaporizing session. Sole purpose ofthis invention process is to discretely and freely gravity feed highlyviscous and solid matter medical marijuana concentrate substances fromwithin a portable, closed chamber and compact vaporizer system, offeringprotection of the very costly chambered concentrates as well as allowthe user to abide by or use discretion with the use of their medicinalconcentrate substance. This is a new process ‘Warming of the VaporizerCartridge Concentrate Contents’ that can switch back to vaporizersetting in vaporizer cartridge' to then control the amount of productdesired on the atomizer coil for processing. Conventionally, thisprocess is built atop a traditional e-Cig liquid vaporizer cartridgeplatform and external vaporizer battery technology. An electric currentLinear Regulator (a Voltage Regulator) is interrupted or electrified bya push button or toggle switch located on the vaporizer cartridge thatallows a controllable reduced current to pass to a warmingintra-filament encapsulated in the traditional vaporizer cartridge . . .once the contents warm to a free flowing liquid state the concentratesubstance can then pass through a cotton or fibrous barrier to find themetal coil atomizer, a push button switch moves the voltage current backto the ‘traditional’ electronic metal coil atomizer that performs thevaporizing function. This idea, the process of heating the contents isentirely built upon the existing E-Cig Vaporizer Cartridge. I intend tocollaborate with existing cartridge manufacturers to have them arrangeto manufacture the ‘Hot Oil Tank’ idea, the example cartridge I preferto use currently is an Atmos Pro T Mini V2, due to its reliability andleak proof qualities (I was advised that the patent on it may be forsale if I desired to inquire). By incorporating a metal intra-filament,encapsulated in the glass or polymer container of the cartridge andadding a push button switch in their existing cartridge designs willeasily modify the existing E-Cig cartridge, currently designed toprocess ultra low viscosity fluids, to a new design that will allowgravity free flow of the concentrate substance to make the passage tothe vaporizing coil atomizer a possibility.